YOUTH.
I thank thee, Riot, so mot I the,
For the counsel thou hast given me;
I will follow thy mind in every thing,
And guide me after thy learning.
CHARITY.
Youth, leave that counsel, for it is nought,
And amend that thou hast miswrought,
That thou may'st save that God hath bought.
YOUTH.
What say ye, Master Charity?
What hath God bought?
By my troth, I know not
Whether he goeth in white or black;
He came never at the stews,
Nor in no place, where I do use;
I-wis he bought not my cap,
Nor yet my jolly hat;
I wot not what he hath bought for me;
And he bought anything of mine,
I will give him a quart of wine,
The next time I him meet.
CHARITY.
Sir, this he did for thee;
When thou wast bond, he made thee free,
And bought thee with his blood.
YOUTH.
Sir, I pray you tell me,
How may this be:
That I know, I was never bond
Unto none in England.
CHARITY.
Sir, I shall tell you--
When Adam had done great trespass,
And out of Paradise exiled was;
Then all the souls, as I can you tell,
Were in the bondage of the devil of hell,
Till the Father of heaven, of his great mercy,
Sent the Second Person in Trinity
Us for to redeem,
And so with his precious blood
He bought us on the rood,
And our souls did save.
YOUTH.
How should I save it, tell me now,
And I will be ruled after you
My soul to save.
RIOT.
What, youth; will ye forsake me?
I will not forsake thee.
HUMILITY.
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